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This seems a bit of a strange one to me - but here goes…. My wife told me this morning that when I was out last night she got an electric shock from her iron and the RCBO tripped. It turned out that the shock was from the (metal) double socket when she switched the socket off. Today I’ve plugged...

Hi, we had a new kitchen extension done around 5 years ago with plenty of LED downlighters. I asked the electrician at the time how to change the bulbs but he was a bit vague and implied that they would last for many years. So….the first one has now failed. A bit of investigation showed me that...

I have an IKON-T combi boiler that operated radiators with TRVs (via the boiler timer) and hot water until about five years ago when I had a new kitchen fitted with under floor heating. This was added to the existing system and ran from a JG Aura thermostat. A couple of years ago we had...

I posted recently about getting a chargepoint fitted and am working through all the questions on a fitting company’s online form. As is often the case, my own supply looks nothing like their diagrams. I seem to not have a looped supply - there is just one (giant) cable coming through the floor -...

I’ve ordered a plug-in hybrid as my new company car, the tax saving was phenomenal and I like the idea of short journeys on electric power only. However I’m seeing a lot of mixed advice on car forums etc. about charging points. Initially I was thinking the government grant would cover the cost...